This plaintive, guitar- (and sitar) strumming comeback from Isle Of Wight combo The Bees is like an extra-early Valentine’s delivery – all hearts and flowers.

Robbie Williams & Gary Barlow: Shame (Polydor)

Sadly, Rob ‘n’ Gaz’s reunion single isn’t a cover of the Evelyn ‘Champagne’ King disco classic. Even their cynically homoerotic video can’t perk up this mid-tempo affair enough to mask the whiff of middle-age. Still, that’s nothing a squirt of Febreze won’t sort.

Ghetto Priest: Evolution (Reggae Roast)

UK reggae toaster Ghetto Priest’s latest sermon is best savoured in the heavier dub mixes but it’s easy on the ears in any case – a persuasively poppy cry for progress.

Amy Macdonald: Love Love (Vertigo)

So good they named it twice? If only. The undeniably talented young Macdonald answers The Bees’ call with a disappointingly bland turn. More ‘blah’ than buzzword.